KINA: Råd og vink om leieproduksjon (Del 1) - Eksportaktuelt

VIETNAM: Aquaculture Update
HANOI: New plan to increase the use of bio-technology in order to boost the aquaculture industry
approved by Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development.
According to the newspaper Vietnam News, the new plan calls for qualitative and quantitative
improvements in seafood farming, disease treatment, aquatic feeds and processing to ensure the
fisheries sector’s production will increase by 30 per cent over the next year.
In 2006, total aquaculture production in Vietnam was 1.69 metric tons (MT), an annual increase of 16%,
whereas shrimp production leaped to 355,000 MT and the Pangasius production reached 825,000 MT (2,2
times higher than 2005).
A major objective in the new plan is to set up a network of small- and medium-sized bio-technology
enterprises in all fields of aquatic product farming and processing, in order to establish a stable supply
of large aquatic products with high quality breeds free from diseases and which is suitable to the
environment.
A close cooperation among research institutes such as Mekong Rice Research Institute, the Can Tho and
An Giang universities, the Southern Fruits Research Institute and HCMC-based bio-technology research
agencies and authorities from the Mekong Delta provinces which concentrate major aquaculture
activities, is proposed by experts.
Vietnam – a global aquaculture nation still unknown to Norwegian companies
Vietnam is now the third largest fish producer in the world, both in terms of catches and aquaculture
production. In particular, the country has managed to develop commercial volume production of shrimp,
catfish and clams. But the output from marine fish farming has not developed at the same speed. The
country is in need of more advanced technologies.
According to experts, some problems have been identified as hindering factors:
- Lack of documented technologies
- Lack of stable seed supply
- Lack of availability of skilled workers and production management
- Diseases and insufficient knowledge of how to prevent them
- Lack of market access
- Lack of insurance
- Lack of financing
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The success of Norwegian fish farming in the sea can therefore certainly be advantages compared to
other nations when entering the market.
Innovation Norway Hanoi creates meeting places
As an active promoter of Norwegian technologies and know-how, Innovation Norway Hanoi has
repeatedly created meeting places to both Vietnamese and Norwegian companies/organisations in the
Marine/Aquaculture sectors.
For the second time Innovation Norway Hanoi this Summer organised a comprehensive marine study tour
in Vietnam, aiming to exchange knowledge/ideas for future cooperation between Norwegian and
Vietnamese companies in the marine sector.
The Vietnamese participants in the marine study tour were policy makers from central and provincial
levels, scientific communities, fish farmers, fish processors, fish traders and advisors to the sector.
Participating companies included six representatives from Fiskeriforskning, Pharmaq, Akva Group,
University of Bergen in conjunction with Fiskeriforskning and Innovation Norway in Bangkok.
The study tour this year took place from June 9 until June 14 in Southern Vietnam. Three and a half days
of the study tour were used to visit selected processing companies, fish farms in the Mekong delta and
Skrevet av:
Pham Quynh Mai,
Market Adviser, Innovation Norway Hanoi
e-post: mai.pham@invanor.no
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